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New CDC Vaccination Schedule Raises Questions About Legal Risks - 03/04/2026

Updates as of this January show a decrease in recommended child and adult immunizations, which have sparked concerns about changes to informed consent and other potential liability.

Joy in the House of Medicine: New TMAF President Clifford Moy, MD, Posits Participation as a ‘Real Feel-Good Moment for Physicians’ - 02/23/2026

Clifford Moy, MD, is the new president of the Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMAF).

TMA Grants to Help Your Practice Improve Local Vaccination Rates - 01/28/2026

Apply for a grant. Vaccines Defend What Matters (formerly Be Wise – Immunize) is TMA’s integrated, multimedia public health education and advocacy effort to overcome vaccine hesitancy and increase vaccination rates in Texas. 

Budget Crunch: Uncertainty Besets Texas’ Public Health Infrastructure as Federal Funding Streams Dry Up - 12/24/2025

Federal budget cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and other federal actions could hinder public health initiatives in Texas in 2026.

2025 Legislative Wrap-Up: TMA Defeats Concerning Vaccine Bills For Second Session in a Row - 12/08/2025

Two bills that did survive will took effect Sept. 1, one of which imposes a specific informed consent form on physicians.

TMA Foundation Elects New Officers - 11/11/2025

Five new officers were elected to lead the Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMAF) board for the upcoming two years. TMAF elected the officers on May 8 during TexMed, the annual conference of the Texas Medical Association, which took place in San Antonio.

Know Outstanding Science Teachers? Nominate Them for a TMA Award - 10/29/2025

If you know an outstanding educator, nominate him or her for the Texas Medical Association’s Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching.

Corpus Christi Leaders to Co-Chair 2026 TMA Foundation Gala - 10/21/2025

The TMA Foundation’s 33rd annual gala will take place April 17 at next year’s TexMed in Corpus Christi. Each year, funds raised through sponsorships, ticket sales, and auction items help support a variety of TMA and family of medicine outreach programs.

Talk to Patients About: Vaccines During Pregnancy - 09/11/2025

Protecting moms and babies from certain diseases often starts with pregnant women. Child-bearing women may not realize they pass on disease-fighting antibodies to their babies, protecting them early in life. That protection improves greatly when women get certain vaccines before and during pregnancy. They also may not realize getting vaccinated right after pregnancy can stop the spread of illnesses.  

What’s Better, Immunity From a Shot, or From the Disease? - 07/21/2025

Although suffering through a disease sometimes gives you immunity from catching that same disease later in life, vaccinating against diseases instead is the safest way to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Texas Physicians Explain Herd Immunity Needed to Fight Contagious-Disease Hotspots - 07/21/2025

A community with enough vaccinated people can protect each other from the spread of contagious disease. Herd immunity – also known as community immunity – protects those who are not immune and those who cannot or choose not to get vaccinated.

TMA Grants Build Community Connections for Underserved Patients - 06/24/2025

Applications are open through Aug. 22 for Vaccines Defend What Matters local impact grants. The $3,500 grants, funded by the TMA Foundation, can be used to vaccinate underserved and uninsured populations and toward outreach initiatives that address vaccine hesitancy. Read more.

TMA Invests in Medicine’s Future with 2025 Excellence in Science Teaching Awards - 06/17/2025

Curiosity, scientific thought process, and love of learning – all are characteristics instilled in future physicians as early as kindergarten by the five recipients of 2025’s Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching.

Dallas-Area Access to Care, Health Promotion Programs Receive TMA Foundation Awards - 05/20/2025

In recognition of their sustained efforts to address public health challenges faced by vulnerable populations, two programs serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex received the Texas Medical Association Foundation’s  2025 John P. McGovern Champion of Health Awards.

Apply for Local Impact Grants to Provide Free Immunizations in Your Community - 05/15/2025

Applications are open for TMA Foundation grants of up to $3,500 to support vaccine provision and education. The deadline to apply for the current cycle of grants is May 23, and the funds can be put to use in a variety of ways to serve your community.  

Talk to Patients About: Measles - 02/24/2025

Few Americans today remember when measles was deadly. But before the measles vaccine was introduced in 1963, the disease killed about 2.6 million globally each year. By 2016, vaccination programs cut that number to about 89,000.

TMA’s Top Legislative Priorities: Protect Immunizations to Protect Public Health - 01/06/2025

TMA will work to safeguard immunizations this legislative session.

TMA Foundation Honors Beaumont Physician with “Heart of Gold” Award - 12/10/2024

Beaumont neurosurgeon Mark Kubala, MD, was awarded the Texas Medical Association Foundation’s highest honor, the Heart of Gold Award. The foundation presents the award to outstanding individuals who embody a “gold standard” of volunteerism and have made a measurable impact on the foundation’s mission through gifts and leadership.

2025 TMA Foundation Gala Co-Chairs to Lead Fundraising Effort - 11/15/2024

The TMA Foundation seeks to continue its record-breaking trend with its annual fundraising gala, which generated more than $475,000 last year. This year’s event will be chaired by some of medicine’s leaders in San Antonio.

On Call for Little Heads: 30 Years of Hard Hats - 09/27/2024

Participants reflect on three decades of TMA’s longest-running outreach program.

Talk to Patients About: Varicella - 09/19/2024

The varicella-zoster virus  does double-duty: It can cause chickenpox when you’re young and reactivate later in life as a painful, blistery rash called shingles. Well, there’s a vaccine for each disease.

Talk to Patients About: Rubella - 09/19/2024

The virus that causes rubella often appears deceptively mild — so mild in fact that one-quarter to half of people infected with it will have no symptoms at all, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Vaccination is the best protection.

CMS Ups Seasonal Flu Vaccine Payment - 09/09/2024

On Aug. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services increased payments to physicians for influenza vaccines and updated which codes physicians should use when billing for the service during the 2024-25 flu season.

TMA Foundation Board Elects New Officers - 07/22/2024

The Texas Medical Association Foundation (TMAF) has elected five members of the Family of Medicine from Houston, Dallas, Austin, and Corpus Christi as its new officers to lead the foundation’s board for the next two years.

TMAF Record-Breaking Gala Raises Thousands for TMA Outreach Programs - 06/03/2024

More than 500 Texas Medical Association and TMA Alliance members and friends of medicine made Wonderland, the 31st TMA Foundation Gala, a record-breaking success by raising more than $475,000.